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Re:Burning Hamburg 1943 – the first culmination of liberal m... by claytongulick on Friday August 04, 2023 @08:44PM (#37007751)
> a form of government that proved very fragile under pressure

Seems to have done pretty well [1], all things considered.

I see authoritarianism as an entropy state. It takes active energy to resist.

I agree that the US needs to put more energy into this.

[1] https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/08/countries-are-the-wor...

Re:Burning Hamburg 1943 – the first culmination of liberal m... by c_crank on Friday August 04, 2023 @11:03PM (#37008567)
>Seems to have done pretty well [1], all things considered.

If being a democracy with elections is all that matters, yes. Putin's Russia fits that bill.